As prison populations see major declines nationally, recent data indicated that Mississippi is one of five states heading in ...

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would allow firing squad executions for death ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Prosecutors have amended the charges against Lanaya Cardwell, the mother originally accused in the ...

The woman told police that Jabari Junior repeatedly assaulted her for three days in his apartment, the charges read.

Two brothers who both received illegal prison sentences that were years longer than the maximum penalty for their crimes have ...

Tears well up in Donna Steelman’s eyes as she looks out at her flower garden, wilted from the first November frost, ...

Back in 2015, when Trump had begun his presidential campaign, Webster hadn’t taken him seriously, because he “said some crazy ...

The bench trial of a Mississippi man is facing another delay—this time because the lead prosecutor has contracted the flu.

While not much is known about Mosaku’s character in the upcoming prison break thriller, “The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd,” we do know that her character’s name is Gladys, per IMDB. The official ...

Graphic edition, authored by both Sister Helen Prejean and Rose Vines with illustrations by Catherine Anyango Grüenwald, ...

From stadium-shaking football nights to flamingo-filled Mardi Gras, blues festivals, river cruises and legendary food, Baton ...

In May 2020, a general cargo ship anchored in the Lower Mississippi River dragged both anchors, struck another vessel, and was driven into a chemical terminal. This breakdown examines the anchoring ...